Cowichan Lake
| Cowichan Lake | ||
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| Cowichan Lake, Marble Bay | ||
| Geographical location | Vancouver Island | |
| Tributaries | Robertson River, Nixon Creek | |
| Drain | Cowichan River | |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 53 ′ N , 124 ° 16 ′ W | |
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| length | 30 km | |
| width | 4 km | |
| Maximum depth | 160 m | |
| Catchment area | Cowichan Valley | |
Cowichan Lake is a large freshwater - lake , located in the south of Vancouver Iceland , British Columbia , Canada is. It runs along the Cowichan Valley , west of Duncan , British Columbia, and is part of the Cowichan Valley Regional District . The eastern bank is approximately 28 km (17 mi) in length. The total length of Cowichan Lake is approximately 30 km (19 mi), with it mostly running in a west-east direction and having its widest extension at approximately 4 km (2 mi). The lake is also the source for the Cowichan River .
Geography and usage
There are several communities on the shores of Cowichan Lake. The largest of them, Lake Cowichan Parish is at the eastern end of the lake, where the Cowichan River begins. Along the south side of the lake are the communities of Mesachie Lake and Honeymoon Bay and also Gordon Bay Provincial Park . Youbou is located on the north bank.
Cowichan Valley was once the center of lumbering in British Columbia. In the past, two main railway lines led to the lake and partly along the banks. However, as part of a structural change in the timber industry, the railway companies have given up the routes. These are now part of a main public path system that leads east to the lower end of the Cowichan Valley. Most of the areas by the lake are not developed because the surrounding forests are owned by the logging companies and they operate extensive logging there. However, there are currently several development projects at new locations around the lake.
The lake was referred to by the Lake Cowichan First Nation itself in the Halkomelem language as "Kaatza", which means "large lake".
literature
- John Ferdinand Tupper Saywell: Kaatza. The chronicles of Cowichan Lake . Cowichan Lake District Centennial Committee, Lake Cowichan, BC 1967, OCLC 39007 (For additional information on the history of the entire area around the lake).
Web links
- Cowichan Lake . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- The Town of Lake Cowichan on town.lakecowichan.bc.ca
- Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce at cowichanlake.ca
- Imagine the Cowichan , part of Simon Fraser University's Imagine BC series
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lake Cowichan First Nation. In: fnbc.info. First Nations in BC Knowledge Network, accessed October 30, 2016 .